Cover-up job: The rape of hill-slopes continues (Photo credit: Rhino) Last Friday, another mud slide struck Penang on the stretch of road between Tanjong Bunga and Batu Ferringhi. It was not surprising given the sort of hill-slope development taking place. This one occurred in the vicinity of the Ivory building project. You can see from this picture the sort of hill-slope development taking place in the northern part of the island. They must be crazy if they believe those plastic sheets will stop erosion. In the event, tractors had to be called in to clear the mud from the road. And traffic was backed up for quite a bit. Here’s what it looked like even after the mud had been cleared from the road. Penang turning into one huge parking lot (Photo credit: Rhino) Not much fun for all those motorists caught in the jam. Yesterday, it rained again, and [Read more]
